Slam

Words make sense of a world that won't.

6.91998Drama

Raymond Joshua, a young black performance poet, is arrested and imprisoned for a petty marijuana charge in a Washington, D.C. jail. Although the confining prison walls do little to shield him from danger, it is within those walls that Raymond establishes his identity, strength, and voice and meets a prison gang leader and a prison writing teacher, Lauren Bell. Bell inspires Raymond to use the power of creative expression to free himself from the struggles and demise of the Black male as another victim of the judicial system.

Release1998-10-07

Runtime104 min

StatusReleased

CountriesUnited States of America

Original languageEN

SpokenEnglish

DirectorMarc Levin

WritersMarc Levin, Saul Williams, Richard Stratton, Bonz Malone, Sonja Sohn

ProductionOff Line Entertainment Group

Votes26

Popularity1

TMDB ID37532